Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-11-10

The mayor OF Boston says it's taxable
valuation Is $50, 0oo, o00 less than il was
in 1874.
Fourth-class postmRsters appointed
Iowa-Sbeldahl, p. Berggren; Wilsonville,
A 4. Howard. NiHnesota-GroTe Lake
H Biglow.
Five fishing tugs went out from Two
Rivers. Wis, and brought back the bodies
OF seventeen men and two women b had
been aboard the foHndered propeller Yer
non, making twenty-five bodies recovered.
The engine bouse at Two Rivers was turn
ed into a morgue. This first body reeog-
niEed was that Of Fred Bnrk, son OF the
halloween Of the Northern Michigan line
As the father gazed upon the features OF
his dead son he sobbed aloud. Only seven
of the bodies were identified. They are:
George Thorpe Of Ogdensburs. n. y. cab
tain OF the Vernon: John Sullivan. Chica-
go. first mate; Iorry Higgins. Chicago, sec
ond mate; Martin Jebeau. Chicago. stew
ard; H.. Lebeau. Chicago, porter; Fred
! Burk, Chicago, clerk: Roy Hazietnn, Chiea
60. cabin boy Z. D. Borland, Miiwaukee,
passenger.
Secretary Endieott and Aldt. Gen. Drum
will probably leave Washington soon on
a tour OF inspection TO Fort LeaYenworth
and other Western points.
Rev. Charles A. Berry, of England, has
been selected as Henry Ward Beecheris
successor.
The following summary OF the weather
for the past month is taken from the re-
port OF p. r. Lyons. of the United States
signal service station, St. Paul, and will
answer generally fer the Northwest; A
low average temperature and decided def
cheney in precipitation were the most i'm
| portant features in last months weather.
The average temperature at st. Paul for
the last fifteen years was al deg; that
for last month was 42.3 deg. There was
only ore October since 1870 that was
cooler than the one in question, which wae
IN 1873, it's average temperature being
8L5 deg. The corresponding month in
1879 was the warmest since 1870, it's
mean being 81 deg. The highest tempera-
tnrs last mouth was 72.4 deg, and the
lowest 11.5 deg, the dates being the Sth
and 25th respectively.
Tho secretary ofthe interior has affirmed
! the decision OF the commissioner OF the
, general LAM Office in the case OF the South
ern Minnesota Railroad ". Alex Ross
The iaDd in controversy were lots in sec
tion 3. township 1o9, range as. Tracy
district. The secretary says: The only
material question at issue is. did the
company waive whatever rights il might
have acquired to the land IN question by
iis failure to appear and assert it's claim
at the date when Ross made his final
proof" On the authority of Brady va
Southern Pacific Railroad and Iverson VS..
St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba this
question must be answered in the affirm
alive.
Tom Barry. OF the executive board OF
the knights OF Labor, says be is IN hearty
sympathy with the anarchists, and declares
be is convinced that Pinkerton's 'iseabs. "
as he terms them, threw the bomb
at the haymarkst for the purpose OF
bounding innocent men to death. Barry
says bat be is gradually becoming an an
arcbist himself. mot of the mild. ronssrya-
tive brand, bRt of such as mean business.
Rev. Charles A. Berry of Wolyerhamp-
ton. England, is to be called to Plymouth
Church as it's pastor. The advisory com
mittee OF the church having charge OF the
subject unanimously voted to recon-
mend the selection OF Mr.. Berry.
At Madison. Wis, Philip L. Spooner.
father Of United States Senator Spooner.
died OF neuralgia oil the heart. aged seventy
seven He had been slightly ailing Tor tao
months. Mr.. SpooDer ranked among the
most thoroughly read and profound la~
yers IN the state.
d. L Hawkins, assistant secretary OF
the interior. having special charge and d.
rection Of The board of pension appeals,
Has prepared a report covering the opera
tions Of the board since the increase in its
membership on July i, 1855. to Nov. j,
1881 The following il append.
ed: Appeals pending July i. 1856. 1896;
appeals filed since, 1853; total cases dis
posed oil. $3.50; appeals decided by board
wherein the decision OF the pension Office
was sustained. 3. 729, reversed, 236; ap-
peRls wherein action WAS reeonsidered by
pension Office and pensions allowed on
notice hat appeal bad been taken, I,13l;
appeals withdrawn. 81; appeals dismissed,
l5ai appeals pending Nov. ], 1887, $50.
The secretary OF the treasury has mott
fed c. s. Grayson OF Kennedy. Mimi in
reference To his asking if logs cut in Min
nasota can be taken to a saw mill in the
province of Ontario by citizens OF the
United States and there sawB into lumber
and the lumber imported into the United
States without payment OF duty. The
secretary says that such lumber or i'm
rortations would be dutiable.
At Truiilla. Peru, there was a serious
meeting OF soldiers. The authorities fol-
3oued the mutineers out three leagues into
the country, where a fight took place in
which several were killed. The sergeant.
who was the riRgleader, was subsequently
raught. The firing in the square was heavy.
Fifteen or twenty were killed or wounded.
The sergeant has been tried by court-mar
tlai and shot. His name was yilIegas. IL
~ said that before being shot he confessed
TO having committed fourteen murders.
Fourteen OF the mutineers have been
caught and shot.
Secretary Endicott is about to ada
another officer to his personal staff. Mai.
As a Gardner. who is considered
the brightest judge advocate in the army.
"a the new member of the secretary's off.
e'al family. He viii examine all ceses
coming before the war Department. which
military law is involved.
The pension bureau furnishes the follow
ing: DIR. j. II. MeQrern. alias McGun. WAS
on the End inst. convicted at ~dianapoli
OF forgery and fraud on the pension bureau
and renamed for sentence. In lS6a
while practicing physician. and also acting
as claim agent at Paradise, H., he filed a
claim for one Mary Jones. alleging her to
be the mother OF John c. Jones, who served
asa private IN company C. Sixth Illinois
infantry, and died Of disease while in the
service At Pine Ridge. Ark. McQuern DIRE.
the pension Tor several years. Mary Jones
was a myth. The amount involved is
S1,242.
The Toronto Globe saws: 1.-THE iisherie.
commissioners are to discuss the fisheries
question separately, the alternative to the
acceptance oil Mr.. BRyardis proposals. is q
state oil n~.intereourse, commercial repti-
sails and probably war. The case l. one IN
winch the United States has comparatiye
~ little to j. treat Britain has to fear
large loss L. n large expenditure of
money and edding OF British blood.
but not inyasiOB- Canada has everything
10 fear, Tor here would be the battle ground
ours would be the main cost. and onr
Young men would furnish the bulk Of the
repast Tor the ~carrioE crow. Fortunately
there - a perfectly honorable method Of
settling the fisheries dispute; that is a set
tiement by unrestricted reciprocity.
The following Wisconsin mining proper.
ties were attached on the range, III.
Nlmlkon. TO satisfy claims to the amount
o. Sl4,eoo in favor OF Wetzlsr B ros.- n a
Paeske and Edwin Ellis; the KaIaeon
Sz'Zoo, IN iayor Of the same parties. the
Bessemer. $500, in favor OF tie same
parties; the Bourne, 5000, in favor 81
wetzler Bros- and e. c. Paeske.
The Queen. through Mr.. Matthews .x.
presses her warm thanks to the msvor.
and municipal officers o ftowns th~ronghont
the kingdom Tor their zeal, LOYALTY -ner.
sonai exertions and saerifces. which eon.
triouted SO much to render her iubi,es !.
conspicuous historical event.